Letter to the Editor: Determinant of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review.

Autor: Pimpalkar, Pratima, Sarang, Bhakti, Deepa, K. V., Gadgil, Anita, Roy, Nobhojit
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Zdroj: World Journal of Surgery; 2021, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p907-908, 2p
Abstrakt: We read the article "Determinants of Breast-Conserving Therapy in the Asian Population: A Systematic Review", by Machuca et al., with keen interest and would like to congratulate the authors [[1]]. However, wide variation is observed in the choice of treatment and patients are still choosing mastectomies over BCT, especially so in Asia and LMICs like India. 10.1007/s13187-019-01500-x 3 Gu J, Groot G, Boden C, Busch A, Holtslander L, Lim H. Review of factors influencing women's choice of mastectomy versus breast conserving therapy in early stage breast cancer: a systematic review. [Extracted from the article]
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